E69/10/1/67

Hearth tax transcription

[Page 65]

There is of deficients of the haill parochine collected be the said
George Duncan conform to subd [subscrived] Lists under the hand of John Millar
messr [messenger?] surveyer throf [thereof] -- 184

The house of Rosayth and Sir William Bruces
Listes is not given up and is nathr [nather] surveyed nor payed

Edinburgh : 23d Febry 1694 [23 Feb 1694]
In presence of The Earle of Linlithgow one of the
Lds [Lords] Comes [Commissioners] of the Thery [Thesaury] Compeared George Duncan in Pit-
-naine [Pitnaine] an SubCollector of the hearth-money within the pres-
-byterie [presbyterie] of Dumfermling, who being sworn & examined declared
That the forsd [foresaid] List of hearths, Extending to Four thousand
& Nyntein which are payed, and ane hundred & eighty four
which are unpayed, besyds the house of Rosyth & Sr [Sir] Willi-
-am [William] Bruce his houses, which are not given as surveyed
or payed. Is ane true & just List of all the hearths of the forsd [forsaid]
parochines to the best of his knowledge. Excepting two
hundred & eighty two hearths of poor. And that he
hes used his outmost endeavour Conform to the procla-
-mations [proclamations] of Councell to attaine to the knowledge of all the
hearths within the sds [saids] parochines. And that he hes not
wittingly not willingly concealed any, bot given up the
samen truely as said is. And this is the truth as he shall
answere to God.
-- Linlithgow -- George Duncan

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Transcriber's notes

Page numbered 67 at bottom left in a modern hand.
The top left hand corner is torn, and the original page number, which would have been 65, has been lost. A modern hand has written and circled 65 below the deposition.
NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION
The figure 282 is repeated from the previous page, where it is not clear.